Give Ordinary Objects Extraordinary Powers

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INKTOBER DAY 23: DAPPER

What if an object could change the way we look?

Not by hiding us. Not by dressing us up.

But by actually changing us.

For this image, I gave a simple picture frame a strange power.

Inside the frame, we see a handsome, well-groomed man.

Perfect hair. Strong jaw. Full confidence. He looks dapper.

But then he moves his head outside the frame.

And suddenly, everything changes.

His hair is a mess.

His face looks grotesque.

Same person. Two completely different versions.

The frame doesnt just contain the image.

It changes the person inside it.

This is a useful way to create a visual metaphor: give an ordinary object the power to transform something else.

And remember, the transformation can go in either direction:

An object can make something better.

Or it can make something worse.

Todays tip:

Dont just draw what an object does in real life.

Imagine what else it could change.

Give an ordinary object an extraordinary power, and see what story emerges.